Heavyweight Boxer to Run for Ukraine President in 2015

Is also an opposition politician

Ukrainian heavyweight boxer and opposition politician Vitali Klitschko has said that he would run for president in the country's 2015 election.

Mr Klitshcko, 42, announced his decision in an angry statement to parliament after the assembly, which is dominated by deputies from the ruling Party of Regions and its allies, passed a law amending tax legislation; the law could be used to prevent him from running for head of state.